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Welcome to CruiseCrazies, ross9358!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

BON VOYAGE, Sue and Ray!!!

On Princess, you can book a cruise and just have to give a deposit of $100. You also get a cabin credit. You don't have to book a specific cruise, just a future cruise. Your deposit is good for 4 years, and if you decide to not use it, you can have it refunded. You can go to a TA after that and use this deposit for your booking. I don't know if other lines does this, but I would be surprised if they didn't do something like it. :smiley:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, PrincessTwit!!

Congratulations on your becoming an SDM, jacketwatch. Enjoy the anticipation. :grin:

Glad you enjoyed the cruise. :grin:

BON VOYAGE, JohnG and Karen!!!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, crisco5107!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, TCcruisers!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

I was also going to post that site. It's amazing how much scaremongering goes on in the press about cruise ships these days. I'm sure that for those aboard the Crown when it tipped this was a horrendous situation. Lots of people got injured, some seriously, but to read some of the media reports from around the country, this was a tremendous disaster at sea. Some compared this to the Poseidin Adventure. Some reported an 80-90 degree list. Some even reported that there were people thrown overboard from the incident. Almost every first hand report that I have read from people who were passengers at the time of the tip stated that, until the incident, this was a great cruise. Almost every one of these people said that they would go back on this ship even after this incident. The crew also was generally praised for the way they handled the situation. Read the review from one of the passengers, and get another point of view. http://mysite.verizon.net/don2738/cpreview.html

Welcome, Gail. Glad to have you here with us. BTW, we live in Bensalem, PA :grin:

Glad to see you back, Joshua. :grin:

They are really great videos, Spotfin. We've been up to Alaska, and saw all of those things, so seeing them on your videos really made us feel good. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, captaingail!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, SCIROCCO!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. It's real easy :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, Kare_erin!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, Grandmax3!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

They're great pictures, Cheryl. I just wish you wouldn't be sitting in all your pictures. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, Andrea!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, Debberannne!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, Spotfin!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

BON VOYAGE, deerinh20!!!

BON VOYAGE, Bibb and Karen!!!

Congratulations, Keith & Rita. We're dancin' with ya. :grin:

Congratulations on booking the cruise! Enjoy the anticipation. :grin: